I’m the girl who doesn’t let anyone in.
My world was shattered and turned upside down in one night. Since then I’ve
been trying to live, if that’s what you call it, but fighting the anxiety of
what happened and trusting others is hard. Each day is a struggle to reach for
the unknown.

Truth. Five Letters. One Word.

I watched my father give my mother the
world and the stars. She took everything from him, then left him as a broken
man with nothing to live for. I told myself I’d never fall in love. I’m guarding
my heart and emotions, only looking out for number one. The only way to have
truth in any relationship is to stay true to yourself.

Just when you think you’ve got it all
figured out, you realize your puzzle is unfinished. You find a piece you never thought
you needed until everything changes with one touch.

One flicker of a flame ripped my life
apart. For two years now my body has defied my will to live and although the
shell of my existence still roams this ungodly world-my heart died along with
my wife and son. Their blood is on my hands and living my meaningless life
carefree is the ultimate punishment of my self-conviction.

Never lettin’ friends get too close to
identify my pain, I suffer in the confines of my own heart, quietly. All they
see is the mask-the humbled, empathetic man. Not the guilt stricken tortured
soul I truly am.

Until her.

Our worlds collided like vehement waves
of the perfect storm thrashing through the sea. Neither of us expected it, but
both of us need to be saved from our own pain and destruction.

But the ship sailed too fast.

Fear and confusion consume me and I make
the mistake of leaving her lost at sea just when she needs me the most; just
when her greatest predator would strike.

Strugglin’ to survive through the wreckage my heart has
been battered with, I have to battle my feelings and decide if I’m prepared to
fight the darkest pits of hell to save her and Mend the Seams of her fragile
heart or let her go completely. After all, she ain’t even mine to claim.